Off-season training

[Alan H]

Those are all good points. For me, I think I have a bit of a head start on the rotational technique since I used this for shot put in high school. But that was 20 years ago & I'm still a beginner. I go buy a 12-lb shot, because I'd like to see if I can throw it farther today than I could as a senior in high school.

With open stone, my max-effort standing throws are around 33-34', and when I spin I'm getting 36-38'. so I'm getting something from it, but I feel like I should be able to throw it farther if I can nail down the technique.

That's interesting, our standing throws are not that different, you have about 2 feet on me, but my rotational throws are more like 28 (discus thrower, here). I'm pretty fair old dude discus thrower, but it just never translated to shot.

If you have a head start from High School, then that's good. I saw the video, sure there are points you can work on, but you have the basics about right. You'll be out at 40 in a season, maybe a season and a half.